EasyBeans is configured with the help of an easy-to-understand XML configuration file.

The following is an example of an EasyBeans XML configuration file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<easybeans xmlns="http://org.ow2.easybeans.server">

    <!-- No infinite loop (daemon managed by WebContainer): wait="false"
         Enable MBeans: mbeans="true"
         No EasyBeans naming, use WebContainer naming: naming="false"
         Use EasyBeans JACC provider: jacc="true"
         Use EasyBeans file monitoring to detect archives: scanning="true"
         Use EasyBeans JMX Connector: connector="true"
         Enable Deployer and J2EEServer MBeans: deployer="true" & j2eeserver="true"
    -->
    <config
        wait="false"
        mbeans="true"
        naming="false"
        jacc="true"
        scanning="true"
        connector="true"
        deployer="true"
        j2eeserver="true" />

    <!-- Define components that will be started at runtime -->
    <components>
        <!-- RMI/JRMP will be used as protocol layer -->
        <rmi>
           <protocol name="jrmp" port="1099" hostname="localhost" />
        </rmi>

        <!-- Start a transaction service -->
        <tm />

        <!-- Start a JMS provider -->
        <jms port="16030" hostname="localhost" />

        <!-- Creates an embedded HSQLDB database -->
        <hsqldb port="9001" dbName="jdbc_1">
            <user name="easybeans" password="easybeans" />
        </hsqldb>

        <!-- Add mail factories -->
        <mail>
          <!-- Authentication ?
          <auth name="test" password="test" />
          -->
          <session name="javax.mail.Session factory example" jndiName="mailSession_1">
            <!-- Example of properties -->
            <property name="mail.debug" value="false" />
          </session>

          <mimepart name="javax.mail.internet.MimePartDataSource factory example" jndiName="mailMimePartDS_1">
            <subject>How are you ?</subject>
            <email type="to">john.doe@example.org</email>
            <email type="cc">jane.doe@example.org</email>
            <!-- Example of properties -->
            <property name="mail.debug" value="false" />
          </mimepart>

        </mail>

        <!-- Creates a JDBC pool with jdbc_1 JNDI name -->
        <jdbcpool jndiName="jdbc_1" username="easybeans"
            password="easybeans" url="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9001/jdbc_1"
            driver="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />

        <!-- Start smartclient server with a link to the rmi component-->
        <smart-server port="2503" rmi="#rmi" />


        <!-- JNDI Resolver -->
        <jndi-resolver />

        <!-- JMX component -->
        <jmx />

        <!-- Statistic component -->
        <statistic event="#event" jmx="#jmx" />
    </components>
</easybeans>

By default, an easybeans-default.xml file is used. To change the default configuration, the user must provide a file named easybeans.xml, which is located at classloader/CLASSPATH.